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plat,  salon  le  cas.  Tous  les  autres  exemplatres 
originaux  sont  film^s  en  commenqant  par  la 
premidre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinta 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration  et  en  terminant  par 
la  dernidre  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 

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derni^re  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  selon  le 
cas:  le  symbole  — »-  signifie  "A  SUIVR^".  le 
symboie  V  signifie  "FIN". 

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fiimds  6  des  taux  de  reduction  diffdrents. 
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et  de  haut  en  bas,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'images  ndcessaira.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
illustreht  la  m6thode. 


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"lOOSELAND" 


TANGIER    DISTRICT, 


NOVA    SfMYPTA. 


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GE01.0UICAL  SnilYKY  AND  HEPORT 


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GOLD  COMPANY, 


TANaiER   DISTRICT, 


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NOVA  SCOTIA. 


OFFICE,    No.  35  PINE  STREET,    ROOM  8. 


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CAPITAL    STOCK,    ti?500,000, 

50,000   SHAB23   $10     EACH. 


NEW    YOllK; 

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TIl^TJSTEEfB  : 


EDVaN  S.  HAKUKTT,     - 
FKANKLIN  A.  I'ADDOCK.  - 
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35  Pine  Street, 

80  NArssAiJ  Street, 
48  Eighth  Avenue. 


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EDWIN    S.    BAIIKKTT. 

SECRETARY  AND  TREASXTRER, 

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COUNSEL, 

PADDOCK  &  CANNON.  80  Nassau  Street. 


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LIST   OF    PllOPERTY 


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MOOSELAND  GOLD  COMPANY. 


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DESCKirTlVE  LIST  OF  '11  AllKxVS  OK  CLAIMS, 
EACH  250  FEET  BY  15!)  DO..  BEINC  5.250  FFKT 
OF   CLADIS    IN   LEN(;TH. 

No.   I.  "  Furnace  Lead,"  opened,  and  now  showing  ricii  veins, 
^vhicli   eonuneneed   at  six  in.-lies,  and  with  three  week's   hil)or 
steadily  increased  h.  V.)  inelies.     This  lead  promises  to  he  one 
(,f    the"  vh-hest    and    most   pro.luetivc   yet   diseovered    in    tho 
Fr.»vinee.     One    ton   of  the   .(uartz,    from   the  opening  of  the 
vein,  has  heen  erushed,  and  yielded   three  ounces,    14    penny- 
weights of  gohl,  at  White-s   Mill,  Tangier.      The    rnck    cxhlhl- 
tlng  to  the  naked  .-ye  hut  the  smallest  evidences  of  its  wealth, 
Mnd  producing  so  large  a  return  upon  heing  erushe.l,  leaves  no 
room   for   douht    in    the   minds  of    sclentliie  men    of  (he    rich 
,„i„eral   de]H,sit  contained  In   this  lead  up.m  further  develop- 


ment. 

No.  2.  "  Watson   Lead,"   varying  fnnu    S  to    L'.   Inches   lu 

width,  containing  n.uch    misph  kel  an.l   tine  g..ld,  with    other 
iinmistakahle  evidences  of  its  value. 


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No.  3.  "Mill  Tiond,"  at  three  feet  from  the  surface,  shows 
the  vein  18  inches  in  width,  of  a  definite  and  marked  cha- 
racter. ■ 

No.  4.  "  Jerry  Lend."  A'ein  five  inches  in  width  at  the 
surface,  and  increased  to  nine  incdies  a  I  the  depth  of  seven 
feet,  the  Whin  Ro(dv  nnudi  sliattered,  ;md  can  he  worked  at 
the  most  trifling  exi)ense. 

No.  5.  "  Wilson  Lead.''  Vein  six  inches  in  width  from 
openiu!^.  This  has  Itecn  tested  and  produces  over  4  ounces 
to  the  ton. 

No.  6.  "  Campbell  Lead."  Vein  12h  inches  in  width. 
Not  tested,  hut  very  ri(di  specimens  tnken  from  this  lead. 

No.  7  "  Bacon  Ijcar..'"  A'ein  varies  from  three  iind  a  half 
to  (dght  inidies  in  width.  Tin'  ore  from  this  vein,  has  not  as 
yet,  been  assayed,  bul  its  character  is  definite,  and  leaves  no 
doubt  of  its  richness. 

No.  8.  "  Peter  Ives  Lead.""  Threi'  openings,  varying  from 
four  to  L")  inches  in  width.  Character  compact,  and  vein 
continuous. 

No.  !>.  "  Hance  Lead.""  N'cin  at  nine  feet  from  the  snr- 
face,   11  indites   in    width,  with  thiidv  gold  found. 

No.  10.  "  Wesson  Lead.""  A'ei".  three  feet  four  inches  in 
width.  Course — west  by  south  ;  containing  mis]ieclc(d  and 
gold  in  large  quantities.  The  quarts  highly  cry.stalline,  with 
every  indication  of  cross  course  or  bull   vein. 

This  lead  alone  from  its  present  indi(;ation,  is  entirely  suffi- 
cient to  work  upon,  for  an  ample  rennmeration,  needing  only 
perseverance  and  capital  to  develop  its  well-known  richness. 

No.  11.  "  Peterson  Lead."  Three  small  veins,  three  to 
eight  inches  in  width,  converging  into  one.  'r>W  lbs.  of  sur- 
face quartz  yielded  1  ounce,  14  dwt.  and  7  grs. 


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irface,  shows 
marked  cha- 

widtli  at  the 
pth  of  seven 
lO   worked    at 

1  width  from 
vcr  4  ouuees 

I'S    in    width, 
liis  h>ad. 
•i\e  and  a  half 
1,  has    not   as 
11(1   leaves   no 


varying  from 
•t,    and    vein 


rom   the   snr- 

'our  inches  in 
ispeelcid  and 
stalline,  with 

entirely  sutli- 
neediiiir  onlv 
u'n  riclincss. 
ins,    tiiree    +o 
0  l])s.  of   sur- 


N,.    12.  "Pulsifc.  Lend."     Voin  two  feet  f„,,r  >nche,   nt 

M,U.     'n,i»  i.  the  lead  u„on  .Mel,  -he  «.-.^.  S"ia   -»   '>- 

ero-l  in  Nov,  Scotia,  by  M^-  «■  *■  Vu^.U■.     t  .,   «.„le 

;;::,,    .,,u.af,o„    a„a    «-U  l<no.„   ,.l,:.aHe.   .,.   v„.,,„e»», 

needs  no  comment.  +'..f  r>f  U< 

No    l:!.    "  Luetv  l>oaa."       So  na„,cd  f-m  the     e.  ot  ,  . 
,-,„Win.  .0  one  po;.-    lahorer,  .In,  .liseo.e.ed  ,.,  Ui  onnee 
^ildrfve,,,  nine  days  ^ovk,  l>etV.n.  -nnin,  ,n.o  ,a...e».on  ..i 

"'Nr'ir"- Trye.te  Lead.'      Net  opened,  ,,„.  .n,..,ee  indi- 

cations  clearly  defined. 

?  .  -         I-           1,-  i  on.l  '=      Ve"n  12  inches  In  width  ;  Uis- 

I  No    15.  "  Kennedy  iicad.        >t  u  ^                               <•,  1 1,, 

I  .            1'           1,     V«n       -nul    has    heen     iirofatahh 

j  covered  hy  Henry  Kc^medy,   Ksq.,    ana                       1 

I       worked  for  some  months  past.  .        .     ,       • 

1  No    10.    "  Victoria  Lead."    Vein   two  feet  n.ne   mches  m 

width,  upon  survey.     This  vein  is  worthy  of   espcu-ud  not.e 
j       Ling  diLtly  upon  a  side  hill ;  needing  but  sundlest  amcmnt 
'       .f  ll.r  to  take  fron.  the  earth  the  rich  depo.t  herefounch 

IT       1  '•      Vo'ni   1:>   inches    m  width. 
No    IT     "hit:    Hugh   Lead.         \  em    i-)    m(  ui . 
iw'and'a  l,alrdays-  laLov  of   .«  nu-n  ,,n,d„eed  six   ennee, 

„nd  four  pennyweights  in  pM.  ,    ,  ,     »•  ,„ 

Mo    18.  ■■  Winthvop  Lead."      Snceesrfnlly  worked  to,-  ton. 

.no'nths,  and  now  yielding  paying  resnlts,  at  the  depth  of   lo 

feet.  

AU..V.U.  W^sniN.s  on  Lots  m.  :!8L  418,  41'..,  420,  4-.il . 
For  the  better  information  of  the  nnintormed  ot  the  nn- 
,„„„sc  value  of  the  gold  properties  lying  in  the  lang.er  d,s- 
trie.,  among  whieh  the  clai.us  of  this  eonn>any  stand  seeond  o 
„„„,  is  annexed  the  Keportot  Hon.  .Fohn  Ar.hnr  l-h,ll  ,  . 
■of  L  ndon,  whieh  shonld  bo  earefnlly  l.emsed,  as  .  ,s  nnu 
L  a  geHtktnan,  in  an  official  position,  .ithont  an,  peeuntan 
interest  to  servo,  and  is  beyond  qnestion  rehahle. 


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THE   GOLD   DISTRICT   AT  TANGIER. 


As  the  Tangier  district  was  tlic  gol<l  field  earliest  brought 
to  public  notice  in  the  Province  of  Nova  Scotia,  so  does  it  still 
remain  one  jf  the  most  interesting  in  the  promise  of  good 
results  to  systennitic  and  economical  mining.  The  crowd  of 
adventurers  who  peopled  the  hills  of  Tangier  in  1861  and  1865, 
on  the  course  of  the  "  old  South  Leadi-,"  has  indeed  disappear- 
ed, and  the  evidence  of  their  unsystematic  and  ill-applied 
labor,  now  scars  the  hills  with  numerous  grave-like  pits,  filled 
witl  water,  and  perilous  from  imperfect  covering.  If  many, 
in  tl  eir  anrl  sacra  fames,  found  here  only  a  place  to  bury  their 
hopes,  others,  more  fortunate,  were  rewarded  with  splendid 
wages  for  their  personal  labor.  The  ill-considei'ed  system  of 
allotting  claims,  at  first  adopted  by  the  Colonial  Government, 
in  a  manner  compeP^d  the  early  adventurers  to  abandon  their 
labors,  as  soon  as  the  surface  water  accunmlatcd  in  the  open 
pits  or  shallow  levels,  ])eyond  the  control  of  a  single  bucket 
or  other  primitive  contrivance.  Even  the  most  fortunate  ad- 
venturers were  soon  drowned  out  bv  the  accunuilated  waters 
from  adjacent  claims,  abandoned  by  less  successful  neighbors. 
Nearly  all  these  early  efforts  at  individual  mining  ar.'  new 
abandoned,  and  t.  hiims  have  since  been  consolidated  in 
large  companies. 

The  value  of  the  Tangier  District,  in  the  opinion  of  Mr. 
John  Arthur  Philliits,  of  London,  is  thus  expressed  in  his  Re- 
port to  the  Nova  Scotia  Land  and  Gold  Crushing  and  Amal- 
gamating Company,  in  London,  1862: 


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.ir^i^S£&^U^^^': 


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est  brought 
I  does  it  still 
iiise  of  good 
lie  crowd  of 
61  and  1805, 
d  disappear- 
l  ill-applied 
e  pits,  filled 
.     If  many, 

0  bury  their 
+h  splendid 
d  system  of 
{ovcrnment, 
)andon  their 
in  the  open 
ingle  bucket 
ortunatc  ad- 
lated  waters 

1  neighbors, 
ing  ar..'  new 
solidatcd  in 

nion  of  Mr. 

I  in  his  Ile- 

and   Amal- 


This  is,  at  pre 


calities  in 


the  Colony 


are  on  a 


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sent,  one  of  the  most  important  mining  h 

The  workings,  which  I  inspected  hor< 

fr.nn  the  Tlarbc.r  of  Tangier,  o: 


hill,  a  short  distance 


Of    over 


an    area    •• 


f   about  three-quarters  of  a   mile   iii 
ilth.     Tliere  are  at 


in   wu 


tendin 

length,  bv  about  two  hundred  yards 

least  fiv;  distinct  lodes   at  work  within  this  baud    of  uunerab 
i.cd  ground,  varying  in  thickness  from  live  to  hftceu   inches. 
The  quartz,  extracted   from    u.any  of  tliese  claims,  presents 
large  quantities  of   visible   gold,  and   some   tons   weight  Inne 
l,.ou  crushed  and  amalgamated  by  means  of  two  Chilian  nulls, 
which  have  been  erected  on   the    spot,  and  have  yielded  Iro.u 
three  to  nine  ounces  of  gold  to    the    ton.     Tnere  can    be   no 
doubt  thav  the  gold  deposits  of  Tangier  will  prove   largely  and 
pc.rmaueutly  valualde,  provided  a  suihcieutly   large   area    can 
be  secured  to  enable  a   company  to  work  the  mines  m  a  seen- 
tiiic  and  systematic  manner."  .^         _ 

^TTUATION  AND    NUMBER    OF  VEINS    IN    THE 

TANCIEIl  SETT. 

The  auriterous  vein,  at  Tangier  occupy  a  ne.k  of  land  tricing 
the  «ea  in  Tauo-ier  Harbor,  and  reaching  fnm.   near  the  bndge 
.ver  the  Tanui^r  Kiver,  east,  as  tar  as  the  middle  of  Kush  Lak,>. 
The  distance  on  the  north  line,  is  over  half  a  ..lie,  and  mclud- 
i..  the  eastern  openings,  on  the  land  of  the  English  (V>mpany 
oi^the   Strawberry  Hill   nuist  be  :.buut   a    uule.      Withni  th.s 
.vea    there  are  at  present  explored,  n..t  less  thaa  thirty  veins 
of  gold-bearing  quart/,  large  and  small,  varying  from  two  f.o.t 
to  one  inch,  and  continued   search  is  constantly  adduig  to  the 
number.     Many  of  the    smaller   veins,  which   are  grouped  to- 
gether  at  the  surface,   will  dottbtless  unite   in   no  great  depth, 
offering  important  advantages  for  mining.     At  present,  atten- 
tion bus  been  bestowed  chiefly   on    those  veins   whicli  have 


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sbown  a  good  thickness  at  snrfjico,  and  liavo  proved  themselves 
most  producti\o  in  p:old. 

(lEOLOdTCAl.  AND   MTNKEAT.O(JICAL   CirAKArTER 
OF  THE  A'E1N8  AT  TANGTFJl. 

The  rocks,  iit  Tun<rler,    strike  almost  due  east  and  west,  not 
varyinL'.  l>y   the  compass,   over  5^  or  <»^  S  ofE.     Tliey   stand 
at  a  high  angle,  di])])ing  ui\iformly  south,  from   10^"  to  30*  de- 
parture  from  tlie    vertical.     Tluiso    rocks  comprise,    1st,   the 
quartzite   beds,   often   highly  charged   with   arsenical  pyrites, 
breaking  in  rhombic  forms,  and  of  an  almost  basaltic  blackness 
of  color,  though  weather'ng  nearly  white.     2nd.  The  hard  blue 
.slates,  sometimes  also  metalliferous,  especially  near  the  quartz 
veins.     Sometimes   this  slate  is    highly  metamorphosed  and 
contorted  ;  again,  quite  soft,  fissile,  and  regularly  divided  by 
joints,  into  rliombic   forms.     Its  color  is  generally  dark  blue, 
stained  at   surfaci;  by    iron   rust,   in   tae    metalliferous   zones. 
Sometimes  it  is  olive  colored  and  gray,  and   rarely  chloritic. 
It  is  very  rarely  micaceous  or   liornb'ondie,  and  contains  few 
crystallized  minerals  besides  pyrites  ;  minute  crystals  of  stau- 
rotideandc  piduic  occur  rarely,  l)ut  I  saw  no  tourmaline  although 
crarnets  occur  in  the  sands  of  Copper's   Lake.     The  sands  on 
the  sea  shore,  as  well  as  in  the  lake,  indicate  the  existence  ot 
ilmenite  and  chromic  iron,  or  magnetic  iron.     3d.  The  r[uartz 
veins  are  of  tw(j  descriptions  ;  those  which  occur  parallel  to  the 
bedding  of  the   rocks,  and  whicli  are    th(^  gold-bearing  veins  ; 
and  cross  veins,   intersecting  the  strata  at  an  angle,  and  gen^ 
erally  barren  of  gold.     The  latter  form,  in  the  districts  which 
I  have  examined,  an  insignificant  f.'atun-  in  the  geology,  com- 
pared with  the  auriferous  veins. 

Associated  with  the  quartz,  the  principal  minerals    are  yel- 
low and  white  pyrites,  mispickcl,  copper  pyrites,  galena,  zinc 


wi[n.iKM«»r:.^£»«>£S^tiM^ic~-. 


tl  thcmselvos 

[ARACTEK 

iTul  west,  not 
Tliey  stand 
i^>  to  30*  de- 
ise,    .1st,   tlu' 
aical  pyrites, 
tie  blaekness 
'he  hard  blue 
ar  the  quart/ 
irphesed  and 
f  divided  by 
ly  dark  blue, 
t'erous   zones. 
ely  chloritie. 
contains  few 
stals  of  stnu- 
iline  although 
riie  sands  on 
3  existence  of 
I.  The  quartz 
)arallel  to  the 
earing  veins  ; 
igle,  and  gen- 
istricts  which 
geology,  com- 

erals    are  yel- 
5,  galena,  zinc 


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blende,  and  more  rarely  carbonate  of  lime,  metallic  copper,  or 
carbonate  of  lime  and  iron   green  carbonate  of  copper,  specu- 
lar iron,  iron  sinter,  and  arseniosiderite,  are  also  seen,  but  less 
frequently.     I   nought   in    vain   for   bismuth  or  antimony,  al- 
thouirh  small  crystals  believed  to  be  sulphuret  of  silver,  ht.vc 
been\leteeted  in  the  pyrites.     The  gold  seems  to  be  most  ,u- 
tin.ately  associated  with  the  arsenical    pyrites,   or  mispickel, 
and  the  zinc  blende  often  enclosing  or  penetrating  these  min- 
erals.    More  rarely  the  gold  is  associated  with  galena,  most  of 
the  specimens  shown  me  of  this  sort,  proving  on  examination 
to  be  zinc  blende  or  mispickel.     The  mispickel  and  the  ir.m 
pyrites  are  both  auriferous,,  and  when  these  minerals  occur  in 
sufficient  abundance,  they   should  be    reserved    for  separate 
treatment,  the   amalgamating   process  not  securing  the  gold 
they   contain.      Tke   largest  masses  of  arsenical  pyrites    are 
found  in  the  blue  slate,  forming  bunches,  often  highly  crystal- 
ized   and   of  considerable   weight.     This  slate,  with  the  mis- 
pickel, is  usually  the  foot  wall.     The  gold  occurs  often  in  little 
nuggels  and  pipettes  in  the  pure  white  quartz,  sometimes,  but . 
rarely,beautifullycrystallized,often  showing  a  strong  tendency 
to  crystallization,  of  u  splendid  lustre  and  high  color.     It  also 
occurs  in  scales  and  plates  in  the  adjacent  slate,  near  the  line 
of  contact  of  the  quartz,  and,  as  already  mentioned,  implanted  in 
masses  of  arsenical  pyrites,  zinc  blende,  and  more  rarely  with 
yellow  iron  pyrites  and  galena. 

Its  disposition  to  occur  at  or  near  the  line  of  contact  be- 
tween different  minerals,  or  wherever  there  is  a  shut  or  change 
in  the  vein,  is  very  manifest.  It  also  occurs,  of  course,  in  par- 
ticles too  small  to  be  seen  in  the  solid  quartz,  as  is  constantly 
shown  by.  the  results  of  dressing.  The  quartz  veins  often  pre- 
serve a  striking  similarity  to  the  harder  slaty  bands  as  if  they 


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were  metamorphic  of  the  slates.  Generally  they  are  compact 
undless  cellular  than  the  gold  qunrtz  of  the  Appalachians,  often 
oily  looking',  hluo  Jind  gray  in  vaAov,  \\\ou}i}\  frequently  quite 
white  in  sumo  parts  of  the  vein.  The  Wf.lls  are  polished  in 
contact  with  tlie  slates,  :md  rarely  sei)!iratcd  from  them  hy  any 
lining  of  "  lluccan'  or  decouqio'^'Ml  riK-k.  8ouu'times  near  the 
.surface  the  decoinposition  of  the  pyrites  on  one  wall  hns  left 
an  open  spa<-e,  partly  filled  hy  iron  rust  from  the  pyrites,  and 
in  such  cases  this  materiii]  i.<  i\\)t  to  he  rieh  in  gold,  though  in 
an  invisihle  form. 

There  is  the  same  structure  also  in  the  Tangier  veins, 
noticed  elsewhere  in- the  Troviuee,  as  respects  the  occurrence 
in  them  of  swells  and  roils,  alternating  with  plain  spaces  : 
where  these  rolls  occur  the  ((uartz  is  usually  more  auriferous, 
and  the    spaces   Ix'tween    them   are    proportionately   poorer  in 

gold. 

These  rolls  preserve  an  essential  parallelism  with  each  other, 
and  have  a  dip  ol)li(piely  to  the  west  or  east  according  to  the 
pitch  of  the  associated  rocks,  and  parallel  to  what  has  t)een 
called  the  "  grain"  of  these  rocks,  that  is  to  say,  jiarallel  with 
the  direction  of  tlie  axis  of  elevation.  As  the  shafts  and  drifts 
cut  these  swells  at  an  oldique  angle,  it  happens  tiuit  the  prog- 
ress ot  exph)ratioii  carries  the  work  alternati^ly  through  pieces 
of  ground  where  tiie  veins  swell  or  contract,  and  where  thero 
are  corresponding  dift'erences  in  the  gold  product.  At  times 
the  contraction  of  the  vein  shut?  it  oif  for  a  short  distance, 
producing  the  impression  tliat  it  is  about  to  come  to  an  end, 
when,  from  a  narrow  thread,  it  eiilarges  again  gradually  or 
rapidly  to  its  full  size.  _^ 

These  roils  or  swells  in  the  quartz  appear  to  nn;  to  have  had 
their  origin  ifl  the  upheaval  which   has  given  the  easterly  and 


are  compact 
icliians,  often 
(uently  quite 

polished  ill 
them  by  any 
mcs  iicnr  the 
wall  luis  left 

])y rites,  a/iil 
1(1,  thoni^h  in 


ngicr    veins, 
10  occurrence 
)lain  spaces  : 
e   auriferous,      | 
'ly   poorer  in 

th  each  other, 
ording  to  the 
lilt  has  i)eeH 
parallel  with 
ifts  and  drifts 
iuit  the  ]n"og- 
irougli  pieces 

where  ther-> 
et.  At  times 
lort  distance, 
ne  to  :.n  end, 

gradually  or 

e  to  have  had 
;  easterly  and 


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„estorly  Pitch  to  tbo  axis  of  ..levatiou  of  ,!,.■  n,.V>.  on  the  lino 
„f  ■  .riko,  tho  c„rn,gations,  ..v  ,-olls  ooouvrin,  :,s  a  ,.on»oc,no„oo 
„f  tliis  nicoh..nicaUlistnvlmiii  0. 

Tho  di.tnhu.io,,  of  .1.0  ff.w  i..  th..  ,,.,...■.><  i> » .ti'-;;  »"'■'' 

„;.„  o.,.i.o  .uvrriso  ..t   11.  al,.,n.h„ M..  (-■.....ph,.!!.  w  .« 

was o„,,iovc.i  i.y  th,.  i-.-..vi...i..i  1-^i'i'"""' ";  i"-"'';":  '" 

„eologiLi;oction,  1  i ■..,.■   N..va   Scot.a  ,ol,l  Vld. 

Iiaro^sod  ,0  the  lion.  Jos.  Ho.,.,  Fv«V....-l  Soco.ary;  l.lato, 

l|.,lifav   'ioth  of  .T.ilv,  ISfiS-U-isla.ivo  .loon.nont,  ,.■  l--  -"".I 
i„.f„nns  n,o  that  «hilo  ho  .as.in  1H(U.ong.,,o,l  on  th.s  snn,^ 
„o  ,a«,at  thoUkoCon,„an.V»  Loa.l,  on  tho  bovdovsof .  o,,,,-.  » 
l,akc.an,a.s  of  c,„ar.,,  of  al,o.,t  a  onhio  foot  i.,  volnn.o  .  ,nh 
„-as  ontivoly  rla.0.1  ovor  .ith  ,ol,l,  on  tho  ,,h,nc  o,  oontaot   .,n 
,1,0  .south  or  foot  wall  of  tho  vein.     lH„-ing  tho  «o,-k,n«  on  tho 
..  Son.h  LoacU"  in  ISM-fU^  .......oroos    vo,y    showy  s,,oo„„ons 

„f  gold  woro    talccn    oot,  ,artionla,ly  f,on,   ,ho  No-.,-,,  1-cad, 
wort'   in  gold  value  fron,  $W>  to  ^l^-    l'...i"S  "'<'  l'^'  -'"- 
,„„,;,,roo  n,on.  who  woro  rorairing  tho  .oad  i,.  ■rang,or„ear 
A,,.„i,,ahr.s,  in  digging  earth  fr.on  tho  .oad-sido  to  ,nend  the 
„ay.  took  ont  in  throe  days  eoar.so  gold  to  the   v.,lno  o.  S..oO_ 
from  a  s,,ot   not  over  ,hreo  or  fo,.r  yards   s,,o.r..     lh,»  gold 
was  in  tho  forn,  of  nngg..ts  and  ..oa,-.se  g,-„ins,  ,„.t  at  all  wo,-n. 
One  n.,ggot.  weighed  sixteen  onn.os,  others  o.gl.t,  «,x,  three 
and  two  ounces,  and  sn.aller.     This  s,,ot  was  no  n.ore  l.ro.n,.- 
ing  for  sueh  a  discovery,  than  «ny  other  one  in  tho  reg.on,  and 
althongh  tho  surface  is  ..ovorcl   with  huge   .uassos  of  ,«artz, 
„,„,  it  is  ,,lain  fro,o  which  direction  they  ,nnst  have  eon.e,  ,.o 
offieient  search  has  been  n.ade  for  the  vein  which  yielded  tins 
cold,  which  had  obviously  not  been  n,oved  farfro.nits  or,g,nal 

source,        .  • 

I  have  airoady  under  a  former  head,  given  the  reasons  wh,eh, 


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in  my  view,  account,  sufficiently  for  the  general  absence  of  allu- 
vial gold  in  (lie  Nova  Scotia  gold  region,  and  dLscoveric,"  like 
tlii.s  only  confirm  the  views  before  expressed. 

HK.MAHKA13L1-:  INSTANCES  OF  PRODlXm VKNKSS 
IN  THE  NOVA  SCOTIA  VEINS. 
While  the  iirudcnt  adventurer  will  regard  with  superior  in- 
terest the  reliable  average  yield  of  auriferous  veins,  as  the 
only  safe  basis  of  expectation,  it  is  always  pleasant  to  see  the 
prizes  which  a  lottery  offers — not  forgetting  the  ])lanlvs.  I 
took  pains  to  collect  such  authentic  examjjles  as  fell  in  my 
way  while  in  Nova  Scotia,  the  official  cha"acter  which  is  given 
by  law  to  the  mining  records  rendering  it  <"asy  to  do  so. 

Two  poor  men  at  Isaac's  Harbor,  almost  without  capital, 
commenced  work  on  a  quartz  lode  of  six  inches,  which,  at  a 
depth  of  thirty  feet,  became  two  feet,  and  in  tour  hundred  and 
two  days  work,  they  obtained  two  hundred  and  forty-six 
ounces  of  gold,  and  had  each  a  profit  of  over  $2,000  for  their 
labor.  This  was  Claim  No.  ]2  on  the  lode,  and  No.  V],  the 
next  one  adjoining,  is  turning  out  even  better  ;  the  month  of 
November  giving  eight  and  a  half  ounces  of  gold  per  ton  for 
all  the  quartz  raised. 

The  "  Triad  Co.,"  foy  July,  from  twenty-two  tons,  ol)taincd 
one  hundred  and  forty-five  ounces,  or  over  six  and  a  half 
ounces  to  the  ton  ;  and  the  same  company  in  August  ob- 
tained, from  twenty-six  tons  nine  hundred  pounds,  eighty- 
three  ounces  of  gold  ;  for  October,  from  thirty-five  tons,  one 
hunGced  and  forty  ounces. 

The  Hattie  Lode,  at  Wine  Harbor,  has  yielded  sixty  ounces 
to  the  ton,  and  sixty-six  ounces  from  one  and  a  quarter  tons  of 
quartz 


I       ji.m  1 1  ii»iW 


SIMHSSjffl*'''''*™'"*'" 


scnee  of  allu- 
coverici'  like 

]TIVKNKH.S 

I, 

li  superior  in- 
veins,   as   the 
lilt  to  SCO  the 
ic   l)liinks.     I 
iis  fi'll  in  my 
vliic-h  is  given 
I)  do  so. 
itlioiit    capital,      I 
i,  which,   at  a 
r  hundred  and 
and   forty-six 
,000  for  their 
d  No.  13,  the 
;  the  month  of 
Id  per  ton  for 

tons,  obtained 
ix  and  a  lialf 
n  August  ob- 
ounds,  eighty - 
^•-five  tons,  one 

d  sixty  ounces 
quarter  tons  of 


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TS  THE  (iOLl)  CONFINED  TO  THE  QUARTZ  ! 

While   ;    yond  doubt,   the  quart/,  veins  are  tho  chief  gold- 
hearing  rocks,  it  yet  remains  to  be  proved    that  they  are  the 

""Buarr'&  Co,,  at  Wine  Harbor,  iov  Septcn.ber,  from  29  tons 
took  09  ounees.  and  for  October,   fron.  30  tons   HOO  lbs.  took 

05  ounces, 

At  Lake  Lo<m,  (th.e  Montague  property,)  llobinson  &  Co. 
took  a  nugget  of  gold,  fnnul  in  the  mispiekel,  xvhich  weighed 
o2  ounees,  and  the  stuff  fron.  the  vein  has  yielded  fron.   tour 

to  six  ounces  to  the  ton. 

A  lot  of  2,500  lbs.  of  selected  .p.art/,  trom  the  South  Ja>- 
.  AX   in  \N..verly,   crushed  by   lluff.   yielded  22   ...   ot 

gold,  while  a  lot  of  the  same  lode,  unsclected.  yielded  1,  oz. 

to  the  ton.  •      i  •  i 

At  Oldham  is  a  smiU  vein,  of  about  an  inch  or  two  m  thick- 
ness,  whicb  is  owned  by  b.ur  workmen,  who  have  taken  GO  oz. 
to  the  ton  of  quartz  fi<»m  it. 

Mr  Frankfort  Davis,  owner  of  a  crushing  null  at  Ohlhan.. 
gave  me  the  following  statenumt  from  his  ol^cial  returns  on 
the  quartz  from  various  lodes  in  Oldham  : 

4  tons  yielded 1^  o^-     =">  *^l^^t- 

J     ..         ..  20    "     3     " 

i)1     "      17   " 

i>        a  "  —  -1-  '  ' 

n     i<      -1.)    << 
Q        .(  a  •>  »-' 

-I  A        ((  it  OO  ^> 

(in    ii     in  << 

fiO     "        10    " 

<  0     «         12    " 

"  v>       u  «    " 

1       (1  f<  'i  *^ 

►;    .      44       " 

f  4.  44  ...33     "        5    » 

17^  "         "         '^V 


T 


16 

Or.  in  iMiiul  imnil)Ov.s  .■in  nvorngc  of  fivo  ounces  t(.  tlu-  ton, 
,„i  al.ciit  1<M»  tens  ..r  quartz  rrusli(Ml.  Wliilo,  (.n  tlio  (.tlu>r 
hinid,  W'l  tons  yU'Mo.l  an  aggrc^^iitc  of  only  S'il  ouiuh-s,  or 
iKit  <|iiit*'  two  (ininM's  to  tin'  ton. 

At  Wii.c  Harbor,  a  gn.np  of  veins  on  the  niuUllo  lodo  has 
yioldotl,  to  tlic  inv.ont  <lq.th  of  40  tVft,  nyvv  five  ounces  of 
gold   to   tlif  ton  iif  (inart/,. 

:Mr.  O'Conncr,  oiu>  of  the  four  nwncrs  o['  a  r'aini  nn  tlio 
Montngui-  vein,  infornuMl  no-  tliat  a  l..t  of  tho  -inartz  from  tluit 
voin,c'stinnitcd  as  SOU  ll.s.,  yielded,  on  dry  crushing  in  a  liand- 
nnntar,  'Jl.V  <mnces  of  gold,  leaving  still  all  ilu;  small  gold  in 
tin;  tailings,  which  would  probably  sw(dl  the  wln.le  yield  t.. 
24  oun.(  *  for  S()()  lbs.,  or  (>0  ounces  to  the  ton  of   "2,000  lbs. 

These  exanii)les  might  be  multiplied— as  every  district  has 
its'remarkable  stcn-ies— bui  1  have  conhne.l  myscdf  to  a  por- 
tion (.f  the  examples  which  >-■>'      to  my  own  knowledge. 

ABILITY'  TO  1>AV  1)IV11)KNI>S. 

Tiie  ability  of  the  Company  to  pay  (piarterly  dividends  is  un- 
(piestioned.  and  the  umountsof  such  dividends  from  the  past, 
yiehlaud  increased  present  prospects,  is  seen  at  a  glance.  The 
mi':  :s  capabU  ..f  crushing  80  tons  per  day.  The  average 
is  over  three  ounces  per  t..n.  This  would  give  DO 
ouhv  es  per  da.y,  which:,  at  $20  per  ounce,  is  ,^1,8(J0.  Deduct, 
from  this  estimiite,  ihe  ocst  of  prod  ing,  say  8000,  leaves  a 
net  profit  of  81,200  per  day. 

The  working  days  in  a  year,  are,  say  iiOt*.  Deduct  for  de- 
tentions, ac.idcnts,  c^c,  50  days,  leaving  250  working  days, 
which  would  produce  8300,000.  Deduct  for  conthigent  ex- 
penses, &c.,  850,000,  leaving  ii  net  profit  of  8250,000,  being 
equal  to  a  dividend  of  50  per  cent,  on  par  value  of  the  stock. 
If  only  one  half  of  the  above  results  are    realized,  giving   a 


s  to  the  toil, 
»n  tlio  otlu'r 
1   uuiu'i'S,  or 

Idli!  lo(l<^  has 

VO    OUllt'OM  ot" 

laiiii  oil  till' 
rtz  t'roiii  that 
iig  ill  a  hand- 
small  gold  ill 
hole  yiidd  to 

■^,000  \hH. 
V  district  has 
self  to  a   por- 
>•  ledge. 


I 


17 

Ml       ..  ..  iTividond  ot*  ovor  $2 

"1-"  th.  suhscn,tio,i  vn-e  "     ^J  ^  ,  ,,   „,,  Ualf 

^-^''-'-^':\^':iX^L n.th.,...etif 

^''^"^''•^•*'""""'';      Wits    av  value.     These  are  the  iigun. 

'""^7  ^•^:     '                       is   hoH   ^^-v  o.  exveeted  (o.   pv..p-y 
,,,,  ,,„rn.g  ...    ^^^""         J  ^^,^^,^^. «rn.ed  hy  aetual  ex, 

*'^*'*'^*  taVeilvos-.uent.itU  large  returns, 

mate,  .-ertain    and    sai(   niNi. 


,•  id  ends  is  uii- 
'roiu  the  past 
I  glance.  The 
The  average 
ould  give  !)0 
SOI).  Deduct 
KJOn,   leaves  a 


eduet  for  de- 
w'orking  days, 
lontingent  ox- 
>r)0,0»>0,  hoing 
of  the  stock, 
ized,  giving   a 


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TO  THE  THU.STKE8    OF    MOOSELANI)    (iOU)    COM- 
PANY  OF  NO\A  SCOTIA. 

Gentlemen : 

In  conformity  with  riMidost,  I  horowitli  j)roscnl  von  witli  a 
descriptive  .statement  of  your  propcu-ty,  together  with  the  dis- 
covery, jirogress  :ind  results  of  the  gold  district  in  whicli  it 
is    situated. 

1st.  T!iis   property  is   located  nine  and   a  half  miles  from 
Tangier,  on  the  Tangier  Kiver,  containing  tAveuty-one  areas  or 
claims,  filled   with  rich  gold-bearing  quartz  veins,  wliich  have 
been  opened  and  tested,  and  from   which  some  of  the   richest 
specimens,  both  in  washing  and  quartz,  have  been    obtained 
and  brought  to  JJoston  and    New  York   for  exhibition.     This 
was  the  first   locality  where  gold  was  discovered   in    the  Pro- 
vince, and  was  always  known  to  be   the    richest  ;   but   its   inac- 
cessible   locality,  except  in  Avinrer  over  the  Lakes,  when  dig- 
ging and  washing  C(mld  not  be   done,  has,  as   it  were,  kejjt   it 
intact,  and  forced  the  rush  u])on  other  localities,  and  had  it  i.ot 
been  for  a  gentleman  of  leisure  and   sport,  more   from  a,  spirit 
of  pride  to   surmount   obstacles   ih.in    pecuniary    gain,   in    his 
rambles  after  the  moosi'.  concluded,  to  o])en  up  this  rich  placer, 
and  make  it  acc(>ssible   to    enterprise  ;  in    this  spirit   he  set 
to  work,  after  securing  his   titles   from   government,  with   his 
Indian  team,  with  hand-.de.ls,  and  n])(in   their   backs    the   ma- 
terials and  machinery,  was  forced  in,  over    ice,  rocks,  gulches, 
and  through  forest  sutficient  to  erect  the  folloAving  ]>roperty. 
To  wit  :  one  fine  mill  for  crushing  and  amalgamating.  It}  stories, 
25  X  JJo,  with  all  tlx;  machinery,    implements  and  !ools   requi- 
site   for  successful    operations ;  one  fine    double    cottage,    2h 
stories,  avcU  built  and  finished,  with  all    the  necessary  furni- 
nitnre,  cooking  utensils,  and  even  to  carpets   and  piano  ;  one 


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blacksmith's  sho[i,  and  two  other  buildings  for  la1)or  and  other 
purposes  ;  tram  railroad,  with  cars  for  carrying  off  rock  to  the 
river  ;  openings  made  upon  gold  bearing  veins,  in  some  fifteen 
or  sixteen  different  places  ;  shafts  and  trenches  opened  and  cut, 
and  quartz  being  now  taken  out  under  contract,  ready  for 
spring  work.  A  nev(n'  failing  streu:i^  of  water  runs  through 
the  full  length  of  this  property,  from  a  lake  to  the  river  upon 
which  the  mill  is  located,  with  an  overshot  wheel,  sixteen  feet 
in  diameter  ;  such  an  advantage  of  water  for  this  business  can 
not  be  overrated,  which  is  seldom  met  with  in  the  gold 
district. 

The  government  being  stimulated  by  individual  enterprise, 
and  the  pressure  brought  to  bear  upon  them  by  the  people,  to 
have   said   sections  made  accessible,  has  driven  them  at  length 
into  action,  and  they,  last  fall,  sent  and  had  it  duly  surveyed, 
explored,  and  a,  road  laid    (jut   from  ^lusquodobit  to  Tangier, 
running  direct  through  this  property,  which  opens  a  communi- 
cation now  fronx  either  way  ; — ^Ihis  road  is  now  being  cut  oat, 
and  will  Ite  completed  a^:  soon  as  the  weather  will  permit  in 
the  spring.      Already  largo  areas  have  been  purchased  in  this 
locality,  and  heavy  arrangements  are  Iteing  made  for  an  early 
spring  work.     This   property  covers  an  area  of   some  sixteen 
acres,  of  the  very  richest  gold-bearir.g  quartz  vt>ins  as  well  as 
rich  alluvial  washings,  with  everythiag  requisite  for  immediate 
and  successful  operations;  taking  into  consideration  its  never- 
failing  supply  of   water,  and  the  advantageous  situation  it  pos- 
sesses for  mining,    it  offers   inducements  not  possessed  l)y  any 
locality  in  Nova  Scotia;  its  wealth  is  not  a  matter  of  conjecture, 
that  has  been  fully  ascertained  and  developed. 
Yours  Kespectfully,  &c., 

L.  VONSdIAULTZ, 

MetaUurgisi  r.Q.R.A. 


